Radioactivity of long-lived gamma emitters in egg
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Published:2021-12-09
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ISSN:2307-4108
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Container-title:Kuwait Journal of Science
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Short-container-title:KJS publishes peer-review articles in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, and Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Author:
Ramazanian Hamid, ,Alrefae Tareq,
Abstract
Radioactivity in egg was investigated. The targeted radionuclides were the long-lived gamma emitters 228Ra, 226Ra, and 40K. Measurements were carried out using a high purity germanium detector. The calculated annual effective dose due to egg consumption was 79 μSv yr-1, which forms 1/4 of the 290 μSv yr-1 world average ingestion exposure from natural sources. Hence, no radiological hazards exist from egg consumption due to the presence of the investigated radionuclides.
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Kuwait Journal of Science
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Multidisciplinary